Samaritan House celebrates 35th anniversary

LIMA — The Samaritan House, a local shelter for homeless and/or abused women and children, is celebrating 35 years of serving Lima and the surrounding community and will celebrate with a Giving Campaign kickoff event starting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Exhibit Hall at the Lima Civic Center, 7 Town Square, Lima.

The event will feature dueling pianos, piano music from the 1960s, and food by Panera Bread.

All proceeds benefit Samaritan House programs.

Shannon Bohle
Shannon Bohle covers entertainment at The Lima News. After growing up in Shawnee Township, she earned her BA at Miami University, MLIS from Kent State University, MA from Johns Hopkins University-Baltimore and pursued a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge. Bohle assisted with the publication of nine books and has written for National Geographic, Nature, NASA, Astronomy & Geophysics and Bloomsbury Press. Her public speaking venues included the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, the Smithsonian and UC-Berkeley, and her awards include The National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest and a DoD competition in artificial intelligence. Reach her at [email protected] or 567-242-0399.